Matching
Match the correct word for each item. Write the letter
AND the word for each answer in the space provided.
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the
correct statement below. You will not use all the items. A | Harlem
Renaissance | B | Lost Generation | C | Jazz Age |
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____ was the term for expatriate writers who were repelled by American popular
culture and society in the 1920s.
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The 1920s became known as the _____, after a popular, influential form of
music.
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Literary life flourished among African Americans as part of a movement called
the _____.
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Multiple Choice
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The rapid development of the mass media during the 1920s ________________
A | promoted a mass migration to rural areas. | B | encouraged Americans
to work longer hours. | C | promoted the creation of a national
culture. | D | simplified life for most Americans. |
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African Americans migrated north in the early 1900s mainly because of
____________
A | offers of free land. | B | the climate. | C | an industrial
boom. | D | a widespread business slowdown. |
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After immigration laws were tightened, many low-paying jobs went to
_________________
A | union laborers. | B | migrants from the western
states. | C | married women. | D | immigrants from Canada and
Mexico. |
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The growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920s produced __________
A | a national culture. | B | a book-selling boom. | C | superb jazz
musicians. | D | new ways of looking at local events. |
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Jazz was brought to northern cities by ______________
A | older generations. | B | musicians from the Mexico City
area. | C | southern African Americans. | D | World War I
veterans. |
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Clubs in the Harlem district of New York City were among the hottest places to
listen to ________________
A | radio. | B | political speeches. | C | jazz. | D | poetry readings. |
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Writers James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston took part in a movement
called ___________
A | the Harlem Renaissance. | B | the New Negro. | C | the Great
Migration. | D | improvisation. |
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African Americans moved to the North in the 1920s because ___________
A | jobs in the South were scarce and low-paying. | B | many southern
factories refused to hire them. | C | many jobs opened up for them in the
North. | D | all of the above. |
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Flappers danced the Charleston, a new dance that embodied the spirit of
_____________
A | the Harlem Renaissance. | B | the Jazz Age. | C | the Lost
Generation. | D | Prohibition. |
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